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Living or surviving? Britain’s poorest eking a living, richest splash out on leisure

By David Icke Posted on December 10, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Spending, UK, wealth

‘Britain’s poorest households spend almost 50 percent of their income on the bare necessities of food and housing. On average, the richest spend more than four times as much on recreation, new research shows. Although spending has grown across the board for the second year running, indicating the economy is showing signs of recovery, the […]

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Bedroom Tax Harming Children’s Learning Amid Stress And Hunger, Experts Claim

By David Icke Posted on December 8, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, UK

‘Education experts are calling on the government to review its bedroom tax after early research indicated it was having an adverse impact on learning because affected children were stressed and hungry at school. Researchers from Manchester University found that children were showing signs of emotional distress because they were seeing their parents under pressure and […]

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Greek security forces clash with protesters in Athens

By David Icke Posted on December 7, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, greece, Police State, protests, riots

‘Demonstrators and riot police fought pitched battles in the Greek capital Athens on the seventh anniversary of a teenager’s killing by police. On Sunday, violence erupted at the end of a peaceful march through Athens after police attacked those taking part in the event. The protesters subsequently threw scores of petrol bombs, bricks, and broken […]

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Greek parliament votes through more vicious EU cuts

By David Icke Posted on December 6, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, bailouts, eu, greece, syriza, troika

Greek’s political majority led by ‘revolutionary’ Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed further suffering upon suffering for the Greek people when they narrowly defeated the opposition over new austerity measures. Tsipras then had the nerve to say: ‘This budget is a difficult task for a government that wants to leave its mark with social justice.’ As […]

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Firebombs in Athens as Greeks protest EU-imposed pension reforms

By David Icke Posted on December 5, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, austerity, greece, Police State, protests

‘More than 15,000 people took to the streets of Athens as unions called a general strike to protest pension cuts agreed to as part of an €86-billion bailout deal accepted by the country’s left-wing government this summer. Most demonstrations around the country have reportedly passed peacefully. In the capital, however, as columns of union members […]

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General strike paralyzes public services across Greece

By David Icke Posted on December 4, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, austerity, greece, Police State

‘Greece’s biggest workers’ unions have staged a 24-hour-long strike against drastic pension cuts planned by the government, bringing public services to a standstill across the country. Millions of workers launched the industrial action on Thursday, heeding a call by the leaders of the two unions, which cover the public and private sectors. The day also […]

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Journalists in Greece strike over government austerity measures

By David Icke Posted on December 3, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, austerity, bailouts, ecb, greece, imf, journalists

‘Journalists have staged a massive walkout against the Greek government’s planned austerity measures demanded by the international lenders under the third bailout package to the cash-strapped country. Latest media reports indicate that the 24-hour strike put a halt to news programs, website updates and newspaper publications in the country on Wednesday. Several news websites were […]

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Greeks Told To Declare Cash ‘Under The Mattress’, Jewelry And Precious Stones

By David Icke Posted on December 2, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, greece

‘When earlier today we read a report in the Greek Enikonomia, according to which Greek taxpayers would be forced to declare all cash “under the mattress” (including inside) or boxes that contain more than 15,000 euros as well as jewelry and precious stones (including gold) worth over 30,000 euros, starting in 2016, we assumed this […]

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Thanks to Cameron’s austerity, this sickening Victorian tradition is making a comeback

By David Icke Posted on December 1, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, cameron, UK

‘There has been a drastic increase in people relying on local councils, rather than loved ones, to bury them when they die. It appears that austerity not only burdens people in life but also in death. It is a terrible indictment of the Tories’ economic failure that there has been an almost 30% increase in […]

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Meanwhile In Greece, The Price Of A Prostitute Drops To €4 Per Hour

By David Icke Posted on November 30, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, greece, hunger

‘Six years of crippling financial crisis have sent Greek students to the streets. However, not for anti-austerity protests but for sex. They allegedly “sell it very cheap,” for the price of “a cheese pie or a sandwich,” thus “offering the lowest prices of the industry across the Continent.” “Some women just do it for a […]

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Softening Of Tax Credit Blow To Be Funded By Housing Benefit Cuts

By David Icke Posted on November 23, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, george osborne, Lies

‘The chancellor, George Osborne, is expected to fund the softening of the blow of controversial tax credits reductions by taking away housing benefit from many of the same people who will lose out. Osborne’s tax credit changes were defeated in the House of Lords last month with many in his own party worried that they […]

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Britain to boost counter-terror spending by 30%

By David Icke Posted on November 23, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Big Brother, Lies, spending cuts, UK, war

‘Britain is to increase its counter-terrorism funding by 30 percent in the wake of the Paris attacks, finance minister George Osborne said Sunday. The chancellor of the exchequer would not rule out cuts to frontline police numbers but said he was confident Britain would be able to deal with a major terror assault. Osborne will […]

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George Osborne ‘Wants To Dismantle The Welfare State Brick By Brick’

By David Icke Posted on November 22, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Benefits, george osborne, sanctions

‘Britain’s poorest households are bracing themselves for some of deepest cuts we have ever seen, with Labour warning that George Osborne is seeking nothing less than the complete dismantling of the welfare state. The Chancellor is said to be preparing a devastating myriad of cuts to benefits and vital services for some of the poorest […]

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‘The Housing Crisis Is Insane’: Six Cities Where Homelessness Is Out of Control

By David Icke Posted on November 22, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Jobs, USA

‘In the early 2000s, cities around the country pledged to end homelessness within a decade, drafting ambitious 10-year plans to get all of their homeless people into stable, permanent housing. One Great Recession later and the number of homeless people stands at 565,000, a quarter of them children, according to data released Thursday (and that’s […]

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Osborne slashes welfare and injects £1.9 billion into cybersecurity to counter ISIS hackers

By David Icke Posted on November 18, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, Big Brother, gchq, Paris attacks

‘Islamic State terrorists could launch cyberattacks on power stations, the National Grid and hospitals, Chancellor George Osborne warned in a speech outlining his commitment to spending an additional £1.9 billion on cybersecurity. In a speech at GCHQ Cheltenham on Tuesday, Osborne announced Britain will double its cybersecurity budget by 2020, and will create a ‘National […]

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